The Wound and The Blessing

3 February, during the United Nations Conference on Eradicating Poverty

During a splendid sunny day, with unusually mild temperatures for New York City at this time of year, on Friday, 3 February, our much anticipated event of the EOC was held at the United Nations. Together with the different speakers, we arrived to New York from all over the world (Alexis from Burundi, Claudia from Brazil, Nikko from the Philippines, Elizabeth from Boston, John and Dan from Indianapolis, and other young people from Boston and New York City) between 1 -2 February, just in time to decide together the last details of the program and to be in tune. The forum that was assigned to us was one of the main meeting halls, with a lot of space and two big screens for our Powerpoint presentations.

The Prophecy Makes History: 20 Years of Economy of Communion

This international EoC assembly will take place on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Economy of Communion, launched by Chiara Lubich in Brazil, in May 1991.
The event will be a celebration and a reflection, a chance to deepen and understand the steps necessary for future development from 2011 to 2031:to continue to believe in an economy of communion, to live it, to make it grow beyond all boundaries, to plant trees that we cultivate today and which will bear fruit tomorrow.